This alkaloid from Papaver somniferum was obtained by Mayer and subsequently
by Beckett and Wright, the latter workers isolating it from crude narceine. When
oxidized with FeCl3 it yields cotarnine and hemipinic acid. It is now generally
accepted as being identical with nornarceine.
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Mayer., Proc. Phil. Soc., Glasgow, 1871
Beckett, Wright., J. Chem. Soc., 29,461 (1876)
Rabe, McMillan., Annalen, 377,223 (1910)
